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IN SUMMER 1967, ALL ENTERING STUDENTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE 11TH PERCENTILE ON THE BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, SCAT, AND ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION TEST WERE GIVEN ADDITIONAL READING, ARITHMETIC, AND GROUP NONVERBAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS. FROM THIS GROUP, 27 VOLUNTEERS WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN A 6-WEEK, 4-HOUR DAILY PROGRAM OF REMEDIAL ENGLISH, READING, AND MATHEMATICS. PRE- AND POST-TESTS SHOWED MEAN READING GAINS FROM GRADE 8.0 TO GRADE 8.4, WITH SOME STUDENTS IMPROVING BY MORE THAN TWO GRADE LEVELS. SIMILAR GAINS WERE NOTED IN THE SCAT AND THE ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION TEST. IN THIS PROGRAM, ATTENDANCE WAS NEARLY PERFECT, STUDENTS SUBMITTED WORK REGULARLY, STUDENT APATHY WAS MINIMAL, STUDENTS RECEIVED DAILY INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION, AND WORK SUBMITTED WAS CORRECTED BUT NOT GRADED. A LABORATORY ATMOSPHERE WAS MAINTAINED, WITH A STUDENT AIDE TO ASSIST THE TEACHER IN WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. GAINS IN TEST SCORES AND STATED STUDENT ATTITUDE INDICATED THAT THE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WORTHY OF CONTINUATION. (WO)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert